[1628] Could one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha) die?
Yes.
In the body of one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, could poison take effect, could a weapon take effect, could fire take effect?
Yes.
Then he has not attained cessation?
It should not be said thus. …
Could one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling not die?
Yes.
Is there that fixed order (niyāma) by which fixed order one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling is so fixed (niyata) that he would not die?
There is not.
If there is not that fixed order by which fixed order one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling is so fixed that he would not die, then surely it should not be said: "One who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling would not die."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.